Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Budget in Submitted Five Percent Plan for PM-10 for the Phoenix Metropolitan Nonattainment Area for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Arizona, 34013-34014 [E8-13519]

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AGENCY: SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that the Agency has found that the motor vehicle emissions budget in the submitted MAG 2007 Five Percent Plan for PM–10 for the Maricopa County Nonattainment Area (December 2007) (‘‘2007 MAG 5% Plan’’) is adequate for transportation conformity purposes. The 2007 MAG 5% Plan was submitted to EPA on December 21, 2007 by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality as a revision to the Arizona state implementation plan. The 2007 MAG 5% Plan includes a demonstration of no less than five percent annual emissions reductions in particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM–10) and a demonstration of PM–10 attainment in the Phoenix metropolitan area by 2010. As a result of our finding, the Maricopa Association of Governments and the U.S. Department of Transportation must use the motor vehicle emissions budget from the submitted five percent plan for PM–10 for future conformity determinations. DATES: This finding is effective July 1, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wienke Tax, U.S. EPA, Region IX, Air E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1 34014 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 116 / Monday, June 16, 2008 / Notices rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Division AIR–2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901; (520) 622–1622 or tax.wienke@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean EPA. Today’s notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have already made. EPA Region IX sent a letter to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the Maricopa Association of Governments on May 30, 2008 stating that the 2010 motor vehicle emissions budget for PM– 10 in the submitted 2007 MAG 5% Plan is adequate. The budget corresponds to the Phoenix metropolitan PM–10 nonattainment area, which encompasses roughly half of Maricopa County, including the cities of Phoenix and Mesa, and also the Apache Junction area of Pinal County, in central Arizona. Receipt of this motor vehicle emissions budget was announced on EPA’s transportation conformity Web site, and no comments were submitted. The finding is available at EPA’s conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/ stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. The adequate 2010 motor vehicle emissions budget (calculated for an annual average day) are provided in the following table: resources while making our adequacy determination. Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA’s completeness review, and should not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval action for the SIP. Even if we find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Dated: June 5, 2008. Laura Yoshii, Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. [FR Doc. E8–13519 Filed 6–13–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0054; FRL–8579–9] Board of Scientific Counselors, Homeland Security Subcommittee Meeting—July 2008 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security ADEQUATE MOTOR VEHICLE Subcommittee. EMISSIONS BUDGET DATES: The meeting (teleconference call) [In metric tons per day] will be held on Friday, July 11, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time. The PM–10 meeting may adjourn early if all Budget year motor vehicle emissions budget business is finished. Requests for the draft agenda or for making oral 2010 .................................. 103.3 presentations at the meetings will be accepted up to 1 business day before the Transportation conformity is required meeting. by Clean Air Act section 176(c). EPA’s ADDRESSES: Participation in the conformity rule requires that conference call will be by transportation plans, transportation teleconference only—meeting rooms improvement programs, and projects will not be used. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0443; FRL-8580-1]


Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle Budget in Submitted Five Percent 
Plan for PM-10 for the Phoenix Metropolitan Nonattainment Area for 
Transportation Conformity Purposes; Arizona

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that the Agency 
has found that the motor vehicle emissions budget in the submitted MAG 
2007 Five Percent Plan for PM-10 for the Maricopa County Nonattainment 
Area (December 2007) (``2007 MAG 5% Plan'') is adequate for 
transportation conformity purposes. The 2007 MAG 5% Plan was submitted 
to EPA on December 21, 2007 by the Arizona Department of Environmental 
Quality as a revision to the Arizona state implementation plan. The 
2007 MAG 5% Plan includes a demonstration of no less than five percent 
annual emissions reductions in particulate matter with an aerodynamic 
diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10 micrometers (PM-10) and a 
demonstration of PM-10 attainment in the Phoenix metropolitan area by 
2010. As a result of our finding, the Maricopa Association of 
Governments and the U.S. Department of Transportation must use the 
motor vehicle emissions budget from the submitted five percent plan for 
PM-10 for future conformity determinations.

DATES: This finding is effective July 1, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wienke Tax, U.S. EPA, Region IX, Air

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Division AIR-2, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-3901; 
(520) 622-1622 or tax.wienke@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever ``we,'' 
``us,'' or ``our'' is used, we mean EPA.
    Today's notice is simply an announcement of a finding that we have 
already made. EPA Region IX sent a letter to the Arizona Department of 
Environmental Quality and the Maricopa Association of Governments on 
May 30, 2008 stating that the 2010 motor vehicle emissions budget for 
PM-10 in the submitted 2007 MAG 5% Plan is adequate. The budget 
corresponds to the Phoenix metropolitan PM-10 nonattainment area, which 
encompasses roughly half of Maricopa County, including the cities of 
Phoenix and Mesa, and also the Apache Junction area of Pinal County, in 
central Arizona. Receipt of this motor vehicle emissions budget was 
announced on EPA's transportation conformity Web site, and no comments 
were submitted. The finding is available at EPA's conformity Web site: 
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
    The adequate 2010 motor vehicle emissions budget (calculated for an 
annual average day) are provided in the following table:

                 Adequate Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget
                        [In metric tons per day]
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                                                          PM-10  motor
                      Budget year                            vehicle
                                                        emissions budget
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2010..................................................             103.3
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    Transportation conformity is required by Clean Air Act section 
176(c). EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation plans, 
transportation improvement programs, and projects conform to state air 
quality implementation plans (SIPs) and establishes the criteria and 
procedures for determining whether or not they do conform. Conformity 
to a SIP means that transportation activities will not produce new air 
quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely 
attainment of the national ambient air quality standards.
    The criteria by which we determine whether a SIP's motor vehicle 
emissions budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 
40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We have described our process for determining the 
adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, preamble 
starting at 69 FR 40038, and we used the information in these resources 
while making our adequacy determination. Please note that an adequacy 
review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and should not be 
used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval action for the SIP. Even if we 
find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

    Dated: June 5, 2008.
Laura Yoshii,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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